Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

Chapter 138 Trials and Tribulations - I Am the Protagonist

"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious; everyone knows that. So why is Ju'an being so inexplicably enthusiastic? I have a feeling he's up to something!"

As night approached, the streets outside the inn were still bustling with activity, and lanterns could be seen lit up everywhere.

Yu Liu rested her chin on her hand, propped her elbow on the windowsill, and looked at the lively scene outside, muttering to herself.

"Hey! I said, you've already cleaned yourself up, why are you still looking like this?!"

Behind Yu Liu, Jun Ran had already taken off his tattered clothes, taken a refreshing bath, and dressed up, he was once again a handsome young man, except that he was a little thinner.

Junran's body was originally that of a beggar, who was always hungry and cold, so it was understandable that he was thin. He was sitting at the table in the room, staring blankly ahead, looking just like when he had suffered a great blow before.

"I was just thinking..." Junran glanced at Yuliu: "Have we really come to a world of martial arts?"

"do not know."

Before arriving here, upon hearing that her mission was to challenge ten skilled and somewhat famous martial artists, Yu Liu subconsciously assumed this world was a martial arts world. What she had seen and heard in the short time she had been in this world also felt like that kind of martial arts world. The reason she and Jun Ran were unsure was because of the old beggar.

"I have a bad feeling..." Junran frowned, a thoughtful look in his eyes: "The shield you threw today, besides protecting people, also had a deflecting function, so at that time, that old beggar was attacked, and it was an attack of divine power! But he..."

Aside from a minor injury, he seemed perfectly fine. How could a mortal body possibly withstand an attack of divine power?!

"And... this waiter Ju An, neither I nor that old beggar are ordinary people, what exactly did he use to take us down so quickly?"

These events, taken together, all illustrate the abnormality of this world.

"If there are many people like them... then I understand why the Jade Emperor allowed you to use weapons brought from the divine realm..."

Junran had one more thing to say, but Yuliu already understood. If there were many people like this, then the task that the Jade Emperor had given her to complete would probably have no chance of being finished. So, why was she sent here to fight?

Yu Liu had a headache, completely baffled as to why the Jade Emperor had issued this decree.

"Tap tap tap——"

Footsteps approached from outside the door, growing closer until they passed Yu Liu's room and opened the door to the room next to Yu Liu's.

Normally, this wouldn't be anything special. The room Yu Liu wanted was next to a superior room that had been empty before, so it was normal for someone to come and stay there so late at night. But, just then...

"Hmm hmm hmm hmm~" A humming voice walked past the door, and it was clear that the owner was in a good mood: "Master, business is super good today, it's more than our income last month. I've done the math, would you like to take a look?"

He is the innkeeper.

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll take care of it right away!"

There was no sound coming from inside the room, but the shopkeeper left in a panic.

“…It’s Ju An.” Jun Ran suddenly spoke up, “I heard him speak!”

"Huh?" Yu Liu was a little surprised. The shopkeeper had clearly called him "master" just now. Wasn't Ju An just a waiter?

Yu Liu jumped off the windowsill and walked to the wall next to the house. She casually flicked her hand, and two bells with long red strings appeared in her hand. These were eavesdropping devices that Yu Liu had bought from the Artifact Pavilion. She had only thought they were fun, but she never expected to actually use them.

She stuck one of the bells to the wall, and it automatically adhered to it, while she placed the other bell, Yu Liu, next to her ear.

Junran also came over. Ju'an used some method that made his voice so soft that ordinary people couldn't hear it at all, and even he had a hard time understanding it.

"How is Yun Leshi doing?"

It was Ju An's voice.

"My lord, I have failed in my duty and the situation can no longer be delayed. He has sensed something is wrong and has now disappeared without a trace."

There was a second person in the room.

"It's alright, I've achieved my goal, so I don't care when he arrives. What about Jiang Huaigu?"

"He was being chased and had no choice but to jump off a cliff, and that's when we lost track of him."

"I understand. Send a few people to keep watch on the cliff. If Jiang Huaigu comes up, remember to let me know immediately."

"Yes!"

"Go."

"Looks like Jiang Huaigu has already taken his first concubine. I should speed things up too..." Ju An muttered to himself, "This time, it's my turn to be the protagonist! I've had enough of being cannon fodder!"

Ju An's tone was full of determination.

Over here, Yu Liu and Jun Ran looked at each other in bewilderment.

After checking the soundproof barrier and confirming that there were no problems, Yu Liu said with some understanding, "Time travel?"

"Judging from what he said, it's pretty much true. And he mentioned the protagonist, which reminds me of a type of novel in my world called 'transmigration into a book.'" Junran stroked his chin thoughtfully. "It's a kind of fan fiction. As the name suggests, it's a writing style where the protagonist transmigrates into a book he's read, becomes a supporting character or cannon fodder, and then rises up to become the protagonist. That's interesting."

"So, in that case, we're not in a martial arts world, but in a world created by a novel?"

"possible."

But even if they knew they were in a novel, it wouldn't be of any use, since they didn't know the content of the novel, so it was as if they hadn't gained anything.

Actually, there was one more thing Yu Liu didn't mention. When she first arrived in this world and found out that this world was a novel, she inexplicably felt that the Gu Liang family must play a very important role in the novel.

After all—that's a really eccentric family!